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The world just got the first look at the new Holy Father, and he's making history in another way as well ... because the leader of the Catholic Church is the first American to become the Pontiff.

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00:00Brand new Pope and a very historic moment after the white smoke.

00:07They introduced...

00:09Look at his face. It's so interesting that all of a sudden he's the Pope and it's so jarring.

00:13I always think that moment when they walk out...

00:15They're like, holy...

00:16Well, they can't say holy.

00:19Wow. And there you go.

00:22That took all of about 10 seconds to go right off the rails.

00:27Sorry.

00:27Yes. Cardinal Robert Provost, who is from Chicago. There has never been an American Pope before.

00:36No. Isn't that interesting?

00:37And he has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. He was introduced this morning and it was obviously an incredible moment for a lot of...

00:46They kept showing Americans who were in St. Peter's Square and they were waving flags and just crying and obviously very happy that this...

00:57They were there for such an historic moment. He was not... I know this is somewhat sacrilegious that there were betting lines on who was going to be the new Pope.

01:07Yeah.

01:08And he was not.

01:09I think a lot of people... They didn't think an American was going to get picked.

01:12No.

01:12I've been following this and I don't know who any of these guys are outside of Cardinal Timothy Dolan from New York.

01:18But he was not even in the top 30 on the betting odds. So I think this is a complete shocker.

01:23Well, although...

01:24It's a shocker to be...

01:25It's a shocker to people in Vegas.

01:27Yeah.

01:27This is one of the greatest upsets in papal history.

01:30Oh, my God.

01:32That's our sports department, folks.

01:32Well, now we've really, really gone off the rails.

01:35But it is in line...

01:37Look, when Pope Francis was elected, he was the first from the Americas at all.

01:47And now they've gone two in a row.

01:48So apparently the two of them, Francis and Leo, went to seminary.

01:51They were seminary colleagues.

01:54Exactly.

01:54And also folks at Villanova University probably celebrating because he studied there back in the day.

02:03So Donald Trump had some...

02:06Now, remember that a few...

02:08Was it last weekend or last week that...

02:11He wanted him...

02:12He was nominating himself.

02:14He had posted that AI photo, which did not go over very well with his buddy Cardinal Dolan in New York.

02:21Gave him a little rap on the wrist.

02:23So maybe that's why he had a very reserved response to today's election.

02:29He said, congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Provost, who was just named Pope.

02:33It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American pope.

02:37What excitement and what a great honor for our country.

02:40I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV.

02:42It will be a very meaningful moment.

02:45That was the most...

02:47Gracious.

02:47Gracious, respectful, presidential statements ever.

02:51I don't know how the pope is going to feel about Trump, though, honestly, because...

02:56And we're just all learning about the new pope now, but he's a very progressive guy from what I'm reading.

03:02It's unclear, though, Babcock.

03:03I mean, one of the big issues is how he'll deal with gays, transgenders,

03:08in the members of the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church.

03:11And it's ambiguous.

03:14It's not clear whether he is as progressive as his predecessor.

03:19It's just unclear right now.

03:21He hasn't really taken a stand.

03:23Which may, by the way, be why they picked him.

03:25Because you've got two camps there.

03:28And, you know, it seems like if you're a hard line on one camp, the other side is not going to be into it.

03:34So what you're saying is you want to know what the chatter was in Conclave.

03:38Well, you know that they're looking at where's the church going to go, depending on who runs it.

03:43And if you take one side or the other side, whichever side you take, the other side's not going to be happy.

03:50So the middle is probably where they're going to go, you would think.

03:53Well, I mean, essentially...

03:54Because they need two-thirds vote.

03:55Right.

03:55And if they elected someone who they at least say was very much in line with Francis on some things,

04:02maybe they feel like we're not veering one way or the other.

04:05So he's from Chicago.

04:07My law school roommate, I texted him...

04:10Who's also from Chicago.

04:10Who's from Chicago.

04:11I said, do you know the Pope?

04:13He's a Catholic.

04:14And he texts me, no, I'm just trying to process the fact that I'm older than the Pope.

04:21What's happened?

04:23So are you.

04:25Hello, my name is Honor, and I'm in Washington, D.C.

04:28As someone that grew up going to Catholic school, it was always so exciting to learn about the secretive process of selecting a Pope.

04:34And I couldn't be more excited that the new Pope is originally from Chicago.

04:38As someone that was blessed to see the late Pope Francis in person, I am so excited to see how Pope Leo XIV steps into his shoes.

04:46And I can't wait to see how he leads the Catholic Church in the 21st century.

04:50And being that he's from Peru, I can't wait to see that Latin flavor in the Vatican.

04:54Oh, there you go.

04:55Well, we should say, to clear that, he's from Chicago.

04:58He lived in Peru.

04:59In fact, he was Archbishop in Peru.

05:01So he's, you know, I think he has dual citizenship.

05:04By the way, just a quick promo.

05:07On our other show, just something very weird happened.

05:11Oh, it's so weird.

05:12The moment that the white smoke went up, we were actually talking about this and saying how, you know, talking about who the new Pope could be.

05:23And frankly, the conversation was totally going downhill.

05:26And then all of a sudden, somebody says, white smoke.

05:28We were saved by the Vatican.

05:30We were raised by the Vatican.

05:35We were raised by the Vatican.

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